2.3.9. - Tilde Expansion
The tilde expansion feature for path names replaces the tilde character at the start of a path name, as in
HREF=undefanchor#tilde>undefsection/ , with the current user's home directory path,
and replaces
HREF=undefanchor#tilde>undefsectionuser/ with any
user's
home directory path.
These spec commands and functions do tilde expansion on path-name arguments:
chdir(), unix(), file_info(), open(), close(), on(), off(), dofile(), qdofile(), getline(), fprintf(), array_dump(), array_read(), data_dump(), data_read(), fmt_read(), fmt_write(), fmt_close() and
h5_file(). In addition, the spec server will do tilde expansion
on the
filename
received when a client registers for
output/filename property events.